The richly gold-damascened helmet-skull is of burnished iron, shaped to accommodate the top-knot of hair that is worn for religious reasons by all devout Sikhs; this type of helmet is always therefore specifically Sikh in origin. It is furnished with a tippet (camail) of fine butt-jointed brass and iron mail worked in a diaper pattern, with a dagged bottom edge. There is in fact a slight flaw in the metal of the helmet skull, just to one side, but it has been cleverly concealed by the maker, who has applied a bird damascened in gold directly over it. Another bird has been applied to the other side, in order to balance the design.